S912XHY128F0VLM Datasheet, PDF (179/802 Pages) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc – S12 Microcontrollers

Memory Mapping Control (S12XMMCV4)
During the execution of an RTC instruction the CPU performs the following steps:
1. Pulls the previously stored PPAGE value from the stack
2. Pulls the 16-bit return address from the stack and loads it into the PC
3. Writes the PPAGE value into the PPAGE register
4. Refills the queue and resumes execution at the return address
This sequence is uninterruptible. The RTC can be executed from anywhere in the local CPU memory
space.
The CALL and RTC instructions behave like JSR and RTS instruction, they however require more
execution cycles. Usage of JSR/RTS instructions is therefore recommended when possible and
CALL/RTC instructions should only be used when needed. The JSR and RTS instructions can be used to
access subroutines that are already present in the local CPU memory map (i.e. in the same page in the
program memory page window for example). However calling a function located in a different page
requires usage of the CALL instruction. The function must be terminated by the RTC instruction. Because
the RTC instruction restores contents of the PPAGE register from the stack, functions terminated with the
RTC instruction must be called using the CALL instruction even when the correct page is already present
in the memory map. This is to make sure that the correct PPAGE value will be present on stack at the time
of the RTC instruction execution.
MC9S12XHY-Family Reference Manual, Rev. 1.01
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